Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Reading through this article - www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/ap-interactive-visualizes-a-future-of-stories-that-reach-beyond-text/ It is a good summary and example of how the world is moving to a more visual/pictoral means of communication. The world started with oral means as a major method of telling stories and sharing content. Then the written word began to replace that. Now a more pictoral form is taking shape. Something interesting I note, and I am sure linguistic people have detailed this even more, true visual/pictoral communication may be the most global form of communication as oral and written require knowing the language, yet most of us can decipher what a photo of a fish is.... Also of note - America's education system has been cutting art and media programs for years, and now, perhaps, art and media education will be needed once again.... I love the way the world cycles ;) And as a side note - this goes to supporting the trend of moving to cross-media/transmedia forms o...

Read this article http://meetcontent.com/blog/2011/04/transmedia-storytelling-in-higher-ed/ and had to comment My comment Wonderful post - I teach high school and college and weave transmedia elements into many of my classes. I have found there are many things to consider when moving to this approach. It takes time and planning to move a story (or in education a lesson) across multiple points (whether you want to say platforms, mediums or storylines). Then there is the need to assess in some manner how effective the delivery was to students and if the student was educated (and as we must keep in mind, educated in the goal/objectives that the lesson/story was designed to meet - many transmedia properties by their very nature wander and diverge). Also, many transmedia properties/events/stories/etc. have an element of active participation - which is actually just a more student-centered classroom - yet, many have a hard time designing a learning environment. I also have some reserva...

As I plug away on my collection of transmedia resources - I found this - as I read the assorted recent articles on transmedia and related, it makes me wonder - hypernarrative - an ancestor of #transmedia perhaps? :) ( http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/neapaper.html I especially like this concept from the article, "Indeed part of the hypertext experience may be described as foraging for episodes." check out the wiki entry for hypernarrative for more on the article - http://transmediaresources.wikia.com/wiki/Hypernarrative Check out some of the referenced projets in the article http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/partyone.html http://www.eastgate.com/malloy/ http://www.eastgate.com/

I didn't know it then, but I had a major crush on Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen) - after Ace (and again a major crush), SJS was my fave. When she came back and then had her own series, I was in heaven. Ppbckwrt sent this link to me - it really does fit and I am with K-9 http://blastr.com/2011/04/image-of-the-day-dork-tow.php

As I wind my way through updating the transmedia resources wiki - I find resources now and then that just catch my eye and I want to somehow push them out in front a little more - here is one such resource and it is from waaaaaaaaaay back in 1991 ;) The author uses the term transmedia intertextuality to define and discuss how narrative for children's projects moves across multiple sources and has levels of interaction - great thoughts and one of the very early works in the resurgence of the transmedia concept! Marsha was transmedia savvy wayyyy back then source "Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games: From Muppet Babies to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" by Marsha Kinder, 1991 (published in paperback in 1993) From her book - "What I found [from recording Saturday morning children's TV] was a fairly consistent form of transmedia intertextuality, which positions young spectators (1) to recognize, distinguish, and combine different popular genres a...

So reading techdirt - they had a link to this video - I really like the video, the music and group - I think it would be cool to do something like this - is also could see something like this being a cool project to work on, to use as a crowdfunding incentive and to connect to fans and other artists.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whv1tLqKZig&feature=player_embedded

Not sure I mentioned this before - but going through some of my transmedia links/references as I update the transmedia resources database site ( www.transmediaresources.com ) and the wiki ( http://transmediaresources.wikia.com/wiki/Transmedia_Resources_Wiki ) I found the link to this cool app by Gary Hayes called windmills of our transmedia minds - the music is addicting (well to me) and the ideas are very cool, as well as the concept. How many of these have you included in a project of yours? http://www.personalizemedia.com/randomizers/windmills-of-our-transmedia-minds-app/

Ok - I need to say more on this topic and website - but I am running like mad GO RUN DO NOT WALK to this web site especially if you like the idea of a place where people come together and share a world and share their thoughts and stories about this world http://sharedstoryworlds.com/ I snagged this from their about section -------------------- Shared Story Worlds explores new models, frameworks, and best practices for creating, curating, sustaining, and maintaining collaborative entertainment properties which invite audiences to participate in the co-creation of the world and ideally rewards them for doing so (please read What is a Shared Story World ? for a more detailed definition). Shared Story Worlds examines this participatory entertainment space in several ways: • Publishing articles about the unique aspects of shared story worlds (legal, narrative, creative, community) • Publishing interviews with the creatives behind shared story worlds • Maintaining a list of shared story wo...

So, I have a story I am working on for World of Depleted and because I want to submit it as possible official canon, I am learning some of the nitty gritty differences between fanfiction and "official" writing, a big one being, you can get away with a lot of stuff in fanfiction. The question (among many) I am chasing tonight is - I have a character and I want them after doing something to quote the Homer Simpson line about being "I am so smart, SMRT" - yes there is a reason for using the Homer line, if there was not, I'd just take it out and not worry, but pop references is something I can see this character doing a lot, and it ties the story more to "this world" you know that thing where you try to make your character seem real by surrounding them with the same things your reader would be surrounded by... Well my question is - can you do this with out contacting the holder of the property and can I basically use that (and in the future) similar refere...